2) mythology. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...A body of traditional beliefs and notions accumulated about a particular subject: folklore, legend, lore, myth, mythos, tradition. See KNOWLEDGE....

3) Norse mythology. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Norse mythology The mythology of Scandinavia, which was also widespread in Germany and Britain until the establishment there of Christianity. For the people and places...

4) classical mythology. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...classical mythology The mythology of the Greeks and Romans, considered together. A vast part of Roman mythology, such as the system of gods, was borrowed from the...

5) XL. g. Teutonic Mythology. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable
...IN the mythology of Germany proper, the name of Odin appears as Wotan; Freya and Frigga are regarded as one and the same divinity, and the gods are in general represented...

6) (5) Giants of Mythology. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...FIERABRAS [Fe-a-r -brah] (q.v.). FION (q.v.). FIOR GWYN, the father of Frigga (Scandinavian mythology). FRACASSUS (q.v.). GAL BARA. Father of Goliah of Secondille...

7) e. Japanese Historical Mythology. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...e. Japanese Historical Mythology The first verifiable historical accounts of Japan occur in the Chinese dynastic histories of the 3rd century C.E. and picture western...

8) Charon, in mythology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Charon, in mythology, in Greek mythology: see Hades....

9) mythology. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...mythology The body of myths belonging to a culture. Myths are traditional stories about gods and heroes. They often account for the basic aspects of existence—explaining,...

10) XXXV. a. Origin of Mythology. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable
...HAVING reached the close of our series of stories of Pagan mythology, an inquiry suggests itself. Whence came these stories? Have they a foundation in truth, or are...